Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-06
A BANQUET
rendered to Hon. William
d. English
BY ENTHUSIASTIC DEMOCRATS.
Magnificent Testimonial Presented
to Him-ElOquent Speeches by
Distinguished Gentlemen.


monial banquet was rendered to w. D.
English, Chairman of the Democratic
State Central Committee at the Lick
House this evening, in honor of his SER
vices to the party. Covers for one hun.
dred and forty guests were laid in the
grand dining room which was handsome.
ly decorated with flags and evergreen
festoons. A band played during the
evening. When Mr.. English entered
the banquet hall he was greeted with
loud and prolonged acclamations. the
band playing "Hail to the Chief" j..
Cutie presided. When the banquet was
concluded Hon. D. NJ. Delmas rose, and
in an eloquent speech proposed the
health of their honored guest. Mr..
Delmas closed his speech by stating that
he had been elected as the spoke..
man of the Democracy of California
to present to Mr.. English slight testi.
monial of their regard and appreciation
of the valuable services which, as Chair.
man of the State Central Committee, he
had rendered the Democratic party of
this State. The presentation consisted
of handsome diamond set of ring and
sleeve buttons and which are worth two
thousand dollars. Mr.. English, who
gave evidence of being deeply touched
by the terms in which his health was
proposed and drank by the handsome
gifts presented to him, replied as fol.
lows: "In accepting this magnificent
banquet and this beautiful testimonial /
do so sensible OF the fact that they are
bestowed on me as the nominal head of
the Democratic party of California. but
in reality l gard them rs q tribute to the
men instrumental in bringing about the
result in the recent campaign. The first
of that group is that distinguished gentle.
man, whose incorruptibility of charac.
ter. capacity for government and fidelity
to the people in more than o quarter of
a century of public life, whose candidacy
united the party and made success prob
able, our honored Governor Washington
Bartlett. Next in the van is that gal.
liant Democratic chieftain, who has SO
long and faithfully supported the party
in years of defeat and disaster, as well
as when success seemed possible, whose
liberality gave to us a great morning
journal that always stood between the
people and the aggressions of the great
corporate powers, representing the
wishes of the people, and upoa whom
was recently conferred the most exalted
position in the Gift of this great Com.
monwealth, to Senator Hearst can l, Of
course only refer, he whose name is
household word in the valleys and on the
mountains of California, and to those emi.
nent leaders who wentouton the stump"
not alone to secure votes for themselves,
but for the whole ticket, Tarpey, Foote,
Filcber. Moulder, Miller, Sullivan,
Lynch, McCoppin, McPike and the 9th.
er nominees, on the State and District
ticket, all worked as though their very
existence depended on the success of
every man nominated by tho Democra-
cy. Some of these men were defeated,
but fortunately they are all young men,
and our grateful party in the future will
reward them for their zeal, capacity and
fidelity to its principle" MIR. English
then paid tribute to abe you Democra.
cy, also to the Democratic and Inde-
pendent press of the State. to whose
efforts the Democratic victory was so
largely due.
Other toasts were then proposed and
responded to as follows: "The Presi.
dent of The United States" Hon. s. M.
White of Los Angeles. "The Governor
of California" Hon. G. G. Gaucher of
Mariposa. "The City of San Francis
co." +. B. Pond, Mayor of San Fran.
cisco. "The Legislature of California,
Hon. T. J. Clunie, OF San Francisco.
1.-THE Democratic Party" Hon. Dennis
Spencer, of Modesto. "The National
Committee" Hon. M. F. Tarpey, of
Alameda. "The Judiciary" W. H.
Levy, of San Francisco. 1.-THE Press,"
j. NJ. Barrett, of the Examiner,
The following dispatch was received
from Governor Washington Bartlett:
"Please express to the company my re-
grets qt my inability to attend the ban.
quet -evening in honor of that sterl.
ing D .ocrat and gentleman, w. D.
English" Secretary of State. w. c.
Hendricks, telegraphed as follows: II
regret the anticipated pleasure lost in
not being able to attend the banquet
rendered Mr.. English tonight. A let.
ter was received from Hon. Thos. L.
Thompson expressing regrets at his ina.
bility to be present. A letter of regret
was also received from Port Collector
Jno. s. Hager. Senator Hearst sent
word expressing his regrets. A severe
cold preventing him from being present
Among those present were Mayor b b
Pond. Hon S Nj White, Los Angeles;
Hon I Clunie, San Francisco; Hon ]
d Lynch of Los Angeles, NJ + Tarpey,
Hon e Fl Maddox of Santa Clara, Hon
B D Murphy of Santa Clara, Col Jas NJ
Donahue, Gen P + Walsh, Max Pepper,
San Francisco; G G Goucher, Mariposa;
H G McPike, Hon w w Foo'e, Hon w
II Hall, of Sacramento, Chas kohler
San Francisco, Hon Fred Cox of Sacra.
mento, Hon w J Tinnin, Hon Philip,
Caduc; P J Harney, Hon J II Gaffey of
Los Angeles. Capt III p Bush, Hon j d
Spencer, Hon p Dun, Adam Herold
of Santa Clara. Hon A M Lawrence,
Hon J Marion Brooks, G A Wetmore.
San Francisco.